Beverages

It is very important to remember that although microorganisms are necessary to manufacture the below beverages, unwanted biofilms in brewing pipelines can lead to serious spoilage and consistency problems.

List of microorganisms used in beverage preparation (provided by Wikipedia)

Microorganism	Type	Beverage
Acetobacter cerevisiae	bacterium	beer
Acetobacter fabarum	bacterium	coffee
Acetobacter tropicalis	bacterium	coffee
Aspergillus acidus	fungus	tea
Aspergillus niger	fungus	liquor awamori
Aspergillus oryzae	fungus	liquor sake
Cyberlindnera mrakii	fungus	wine
Gluconacetobacter azotocaptans	bacterium	coffee
Gluconacetobacter johannae	bacterium	coffee
Lactobacillus bucheri	bacterium	wine
Lactobacillus collinoides	bacterium	cider
Lactobacillus composti	bacterium	liquor shōchū
Lactobacillus diolivorans	bacterium	liquor chicha
Lactobacillus hilgardii	bacterium	wine
Lactobacillus homohiochii	bacterium	liquor sake
Lactobacillus kunkeei	bacterium	wine
Lactobacillus mali	bacterium	cider
Lactobacillus mali	bacterium	rum
Lactobacillus mali	bacterium	wine
Lactobacillus manihotivorans	bacterium	liquor cassava
Lactobacillus oeni	bacterium	wine
Lactobacillus pentosus	bacterium	wine
Lactobacillus sakei	bacterium	liquor sake
Lactobacillus satsumensis	bacterium	liquor shōchū
Lactobacillus similis	bacterium	liquor rum
Lactobacillus yamanashiensis	bacterium	cider
Lactobacillus yamanashiensis	bacterium	wine
Leuconostoc holzapfelii	bacterium	coffee
Leuconostoc palmae	bacterium	liquor palm wine
Leuconostoc *spp.*	bacterium	wine
Oenococcus oeni	bacterium	wine
Pichia fermentans	fungus	wine
Saccharomyces bayanus	fungus	beer
Saccharomyces bayanus	fungus	cider
Saccharomyces bayanus	fungus	wine
Saccharomyces carlsbergensis	fungus	beer (lager)
Saccharomyces cerevisiae	fungus	beer (ale)
Saccharomyces cerevisiae	fungus	cider
Saccharomyces cerevisiae	fungus	wine
Saccharomyces pastorianus	fungus	beer (lager)
Saccharomyces uvarum	fungus	beer (lager)
Weissella beninensis	bacterium	liquor cassava
Zymomonas mobilis	bacterium	liquor palm wine
Zymomonas mobilis	bacterium	liquor pulque